Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in London

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > London

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 619 845
Rank change year-on-year +127 +226 -263
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 20 25 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.069% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.073% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 8
10th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £55,500
25th Percentile £70,625 £55,416 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.51% -7.78% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.83% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 22,108 34,442 62,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 95.06% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 25,177 34,949
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +57 3 £55,000 -26.67% 3
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Cybersecurity Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (80.00%) Finance
3 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (45.00%) NIST
5 8 (40.00%) Information Security
5 8 (40.00%) CISSP
5 8 (40.00%) CISM
5 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (40.00%) Degree
5 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
6 7 (35.00%) GDPR
7 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (30.00%) Firewall
7 6 (30.00%) Critical Thinking
7 6 (30.00%) Security Posture
8 5 (25.00%) CISA
8 5 (25.00%) PKI
8 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (25.00%) SIEM
9 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (20.00%) AWS
9 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (20.00%) Windows
9 4 (20.00%) Linux
10 3 (15.00%) X.509
10 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) X.509
3 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (25.00%) PKI
3 3 (15.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (10.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (5.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (40.00%) Information Security
4 6 (30.00%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (25.00%) SIEM
5 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (15.00%) Agile
7 3 (15.00%) Application Security
7 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
7 3 (15.00%) Internal Audit
7 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (15.00%) Secure Coding
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.00%) Culture Change
8 2 (10.00%) Incident Response
8 2 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) CISM
1 8 (40.00%) CISSP
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (25.00%) CISA
4 3 (15.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (15.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) NIST
2 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (35.00%) GDPR
4 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (10.00%) HIPAA
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (5.00%) GRC
6 1 (5.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft